Example sentences of "[noun] called for the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Disarmament negotiations opened in 1983 in Geneva , and the Reagan Administration called for the withdrawal from Eastern Europe of the new range of Soviet SS20 missiles — the so-called " zero option " .
2 In April 1990 the ruling UDPM held a series of conferences on the issue of democracy , during which , it was reported , a number of speakers called for the introduction of a multiparty system .
3 Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foot 's script called for the clerk to be a ‘ heavy ’ type , but Crawford was successful in changing the underling to a meek , nervous sort .
4 The association called for the standard of advice offered to be monitored by the industry watchdogs .
5 We have not dealt with the reasons why The Head Teachers ' Association called for the teaching of modern foreign languages in primary schools .
6 The de Vitto report on the social charter action programme called for the commission to carry out a survey into legislation and practices that discriminated on the grounds of age and to take measures to guarantee equal treatment for elderly people .
7 Senior front-benchers called for the party to reflect and rebuild , rather than offer ‘ instant wisdom ’ on the reasons it lost .
8 In a separate development , the president of Sinn Fein , Gerry Adams called for the demilitarization of the province and repeated that the I R A was not prepared to arrange a unilateral cease fire .
9 Signor Jose Cutileiro of Portugal said the deal called for the removal of heavy artillery from towns and villages , the suspension of mass mobilisation , the disbanding of all paramilitary groups and the resumption of talks on the republic 's political and constitutional order .
10 At the end a section of the Coleraine fans called for the resignation of manager Billy Sinclair .
11 A special meeting of Warrington Borough Council 's emergency committee called for the cylinders to be removed to give local residents peace of mind .
12 In addition to the unilateral measures which I have just described , the Labour party 's 1983 manifesto called for the rejection of any fresh nuclear bases or weapons on British soil or in British waters , and the removal of all existing nuclear bases and weapons .
13 The plan called for the reunification of " Administrative Beirut " ( i.e. central Beirut as opposed to the suburbs ) , the withdrawal of all militias from the city and the integration of Aoun 's troops into Hrawi 's army , commanded by Gen. Emile Lahud .
14 The plan called for the creation of a 51-member Islamic Jihad Council ( IJC ) to take power in Kabul for a two-month period .
15 Both of these committees called for institutional change , and the Dooge called for the creation of an Internal Market .
16 Human rights groups and international news organisations called for the release of 32-year-old Taher Shriteh , who was seized from his Gaza home .
17 In consequence of this vote consideration of the constitutional changes continued into 1985 when happily , they were resolved on July 26th — at a General Meeting called for the purpose .
18 The meeting called for the establishment of safe areas for civilians in Bosnia-Hercegovina .
19 This conference called for the unity of Palestine and Transjordan , and declared Abdallah king of all Palestine .
20 The Central American participants called for the liberalization of the banana market in view of the possible drop in banana exports once the European single market was established at the end of 1992 .
21 On Dec. 26 a previously unknown group , the Strugglers for Freedom , released a video cassette of the two Germans , and in a message accompanying the video the group called for the release of the two Hamadei brothers .
22 The group called for the establishment of a policy of regional energy self-sufficiency , and for a " strategic investment fund " to finance priority projects and to ease economic problems caused by the current Gulf crisis .
23 The marine group called for the creation of a national network of protected marine sites , in response to a present lack of adequate statutory protection for habitats and species below the low water mark .
24 At the end of October the Department of Agriculture called for the elimination of all export subsidies on US agricultural produce within five years .
25 I myself , not having much knowledge of computer electronics called for the services of a professional Computer Engineer , after explaining the symptoms he gave the PC a thorough check , he then informed me no fault could be found but suggested that as the problem was intermittent and the PC was somewhat old , it could be susceptible to noise not conducted but radiated at some external source , Radio Frequency Interference ( R.F.I. ) .
26 On Feb. 13 up to 50,000 demonstrators outside the CP headquarters called for the deportation of Armenian refugees from Dushanbe ( the authorities insisted that fewer than 40 Armenians had arrived in the city , not thousands as rumoured , and that all had been housed with relatives ) , for the dismissal of the republic 's leadership , and for better job prospects and housing and environmental protection .
27 That decision called for the establishment of joint working parties , for each of the subject areas , with responsibility for devising guidelines for the new syllabuses and specifying the detailed criteria relating to their assessment .
28 Those present called for the deployment of UN troops on Bosnia 's borders and possibly also in threatened areas such as Kosovo , Vojvodina , Macedonia and Sandzak .
29 Despite a warning that the government would act " immediately and resolutely " if the unrest continued , there were further protests in Seoul and elsewhere in the ensuing days as a coalition of student and dissidents groups called for the overthrow of the Roh government .
30 In the context of political campaigning for parliamentary elections to be held on Oct. 13 , opposition groups called for the banning of the Bulgarian Communist Party and other hardline groups which did support the Soviet coup .
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